# Ethical-Hacking-Tools: a numbered folder map of the pentest workflow, not a tool > Ethical-Hacking-Tools is a curated directory of security tools arranged as a folder per stage of a penetration test, plus links to practice environments and learning channels. It ships no code, so nothing to install and nothing to break, which also means it carries no versions, no usage detail and no verification of what it points at. **hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools** — Complete Listing and Usage of Tools used for Ethical Hacking - Repository: https://github.com/hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools - Stars: 2,188 · Forks: 324 - Language: Unknown - License: Apache-2.0 - Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-20 · Language: en - Canonical page: https://hysenlabs.com/projects/hhhrrrttt222111-ethical-hacking-tools ## The folders are the product: one directory per stage of a test What makes this repository more than a link dump is its top level layout, which is a numbered sequence of directories that trace a penetration test from reconnaissance to hiding data in plain sight. The listing starts with 0/ and then 01. Information-Gathering/, 02. Vulnerability Analysis/, 03. Password Attacks/, 04. Wireless Attacks/, 05. Maintaining Access/, 06. Exploitation Tools/, 07. Forensics/, 08. Sniffing & Spoofing/, 09. Web Applications/, 10. Stress Testing/, 11. Reverse Engineering/, 12. Database Assessment/, 13. Steganography Tools/ and 14. Google Dorking/, with a separate Phishing/ directory alongside. There is no source directory, no build system, no tests and no package manifest, so the taxonomy is the whole artifact. The ordering itself carries meaning for a reader who has never done this work: the first folder is passive information gathering, the second is turning that information into a list of weaknesses, the middle folders are attack and post-exploitation phases, and the later folders are the analysis and evidence work that a real engagement ends with. That is a defensible curriculum skeleton, and it is the one thing here you cannot get from any single tool's own documentation. ## The written half is a glossary, not documentation A large share of the repository's text is conceptual rather than technical, and it is worth separating the two halves. The explanatory text defines what hacking is as identifying weakness in computer systems or networks to exploit its weaknesses to gain access, then classifies hackers by intent: white hat hackers who gain access with a view to fix the identified weaknesses and who may also perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments, black hat hackers who gain unauthorized access for personal gain, and grey hat hackers who break into systems without authority to identify weaknesses and reveal them to the owner. Ethical hacking is then described as an act of intruding into systems or networks to find threats and vulnerabilities that a malicious attacker may find and exploit, with the expectation that ethical hackers report all the vulnerabilities and weaknesses found to the management. There is also a section on what CTF is, describing a competition where contestants solve tasks to find a specific piece of text hidden on a server or behind a webpage, that flag. Cryptography gets a paragraph of its own. None of this is tool documentation. For a reader who lacks vocabulary, it is a decent orientation; for an engineer who already has it, this is filler that occupies the same space where commands should be. ## Where to practice: the download list is labs and distributions The download section is the most concrete part of the page, and it points at environments rather than utilities. Kali Linux and Parrot OS are the two general purpose security distributions, Remnux is offered as a specialized analysis distribution, and then there are the deliberately vulnerable applications: bWAPP, described in the page as a bee box, and OWASP Juice Shop, which is a training target. NullSec Linux, hosted on GitHub, rounds out the list. The distinction matters for anyone who wants to try the categories in the folders: the distributions give you a machine with the tools already packaged, while bWAPP and Juice Shop give you something legal to point them at. That pairing is the real argument for a directory like this, since the practical obstacle for a beginner is not finding a tool but finding something you are allowed to run it against. The page does not document install steps for any of them, so the route is the download link for each project, and none of the linked operating systems can be installed from this repository itself. ## Community sources: Resources.md and two YouTube channels Beyond the folders and the download links, the repository carries two community oriented pieces. There is a Resources.md file at the root, and there is a section of the page titled Community Resources and Environments, which notes that resources range from YouTube tutorials to virtual lab environments where you can hone your skills. The channels it names are IppSec, described as a channel focused on ethical hacking and cybersecurity that features capture the flag walkthroughs and in-depth explanations of hacking techniques and challenges, and The Cyber Mentor, described as offering resources for aspiring and experienced cybersecurity professionals with tutorials, courses and practical advice on topics such as penetration testing, networking and cybersecurity certification. That framing puts the repository in the same family as a curated learning path rather than a technical dependency. It is also where a reader should be careful about the distinction between a link existing and a link being current, since the page's own description of these resources is broad enough that it would apply to dozens of similar collections. ## What you cannot learn from this repository Several things a security engineer actually needs are absent, and the absences are structural rather than oversights in wording. There are no versions. The repository has no GitHub releases, and nothing in the directories pins the version of the tools it points to, so a reader has no way to know whether the current release of a listed tool still exposes the same command line or the same feature the directory assumes. There are no commands. The page does not show how to invoke anything, so nothing here teaches a flag, a syntax or an output format, and the project documents no configuration for its own structure beyond the folder names. There is no validation. Each entry is a link, and the repository does not describe a process for checking that a linked tool is maintained, safe to run or appropriate to a task, which is exactly the check a beginner cannot perform. There is also no scope, rules-of-engagement or authorization guidance, even though the ethics of permission are discussed at length in the conceptual sections. For a catalog that argues ethical hackers must have the permission of the authorized person, the omission of any workflow for that permission is the largest gap. ## How this differs from reading each tool's own documentation The realistic alternative to this repository is not another directory but the documentation that ships with the tools themselves, and the difference is one of order and of trust. Official documentation for a tool such as a network sniffer or a web scanner tells you the current version's exact flags, the platform support, the license and the known limits, and it is updated with the code. A curated directory tells you what categories of tool exist and roughly which problem each category addresses, which is a map rather than a manual. The directory wins on discovery and loses on precision, and it also wins on one thing official docs cannot give you: a coherent view across categories, which is why the numbered folder order has value. The distribution route, using Kali Linux or Parrot OS as an environment and reading each tool's own manual for invocation, gives you the same taxonomy with real versioned documentation behind it, at the cost of a much larger install and no single file to read. For learning, the two channels named in the page supply the worked examples that a text-only directory cannot. ## Licensing, releases and a repository of links The repository is listed under the Apache-2.0 license, which covers the written content and any files a contributor adds, though it says nothing about the licenses of the tools being linked, each of which carries its own terms and matters if you redistribute binaries. The root directory also holds CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, so the project has a contribution process on paper, though the page does not explain what a contribution is supposed to look like or what review it receives. There is a LICENSE file and the license identifier recorded for the repository matches it. The last push to the repository was on 2026-10-19, and the repository has no GitHub releases at all, so there is no version history to cite, no changelog to read and no upgrade path to follow. The repository does have a primary language listed as unknown, which is consistent with a repository whose tracked content is mostly links and Markdown. Frequent pushes without releases is the pattern of a list that gets topped up rather than a software package that gets versioned, and that distinction is what you should carry into any decision about depending on it. ## Conclusion Adopt this repository if you are a student or instructor who wants a single map of the security tool categories and a set of legal practice environments such as bWAPP and OWASP Juice Shop to aim those tools at. Do not adopt it as a runnable toolchain, a dependency or an audit source, since there is no code, no release history and no pinned version for anything it lists, and a link that was live when the last push happened may point anywhere now. Before relying on it, open the folders you care about, check that each linked tool still documents the feature you expected, and treat the Apache-2.0 license as covering the written text only. ## FAQ ### What is the Ethical-Hacking-Tools repository? It is a curated listing of security tools described as a complete listing and usage of tools used for ethical hacking. The tracked content is organized into numbered folders such as 01. Information-Gathering/, 09. Web Applications/ and 13. Steganography Tools/, plus a Phishing/ directory. ### How do I install the tools listed in Ethical-Hacking-Tools? The repository does not install anything itself, because it contains no code. It links to download pages for Kali Linux, Parrot OS, Remnux, bWAPP, OWASP Juice Shop and NullSec Linux, and those linked projects are where you get the software. ### Is Ethical-Hacking-Tools useful for practicing penetration testing legally? The page points to deliberately vulnerable applications such as bWAPP and OWASP Juice Shop, and to general purpose security distributions including Kali Linux and Parrot OS, which are the environments you would run tools against. The page also states that ethical hackers work with the permission of the authorized person. ### How often is the Ethical-Hacking-Tools list updated? The last push to the repository was on 2026-10-19. The repository has no GitHub releases, so there is no version history and the linked tools are not pinned to particular versions. ## Sources - [hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools on GitHub](https://github.com/hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools) - [Issues](https://github.com/hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools/issues) - [License: Apache-2.0](https://github.com/hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools/blob/master/LICENSE) - [README](https://github.com/hhhrrrttt222111/Ethical-Hacking-Tools/blob/master/README.md) --- Hysen Labs editorial analysis, written from the project's own repository and release notes. Cite the canonical page: https://hysenlabs.com/projects/hhhrrrttt222111-ethical-hacking-tools